Creative writing Flashcards
Based on imagination. Also known as imaginative writing
Creative writing
Delivers complex information and instruction. Also intended to explain how something works or to provide instruction
Technical writing
A form of reasoning or argument falling within a field of study
Academic writing
Academic writing should be?
True/Factual
Use formal language and prozaic in form
In third person POV
What are the 4 types of Academic Writing?
Persuasive writing
Narrative writing
Expository writing
Descriptive writing
Used to report news stories
Journalistic writing
What are the 5 core principles of Journalistic writing
Truth and accuracy
Independence
Fairness and impartially
Humanity
Accountability
Used in a professional setting. Conveys relevant information
Business writing
Used in literary work and in fiction
Literary writing
A characteristic in language that allows the writer/speaker to express more than one way of saying the same thing
Variation in Language
The careful selection of words to communicate a message or establish a particular voice or writing style
Diction
Involves choosing descriptive, precise words that are polite and proper
Formal diction
Used to address a familiar audience
Informal diction
It is a literary device that involves the use of descriptive language to create vivid mental pictures
Imagery
What does gustatory imagery depict?
Taste
What does olfactory imagery depict?
Smell
What does visual imagery depict?
Sight
What does auditory imagery depict?
Hearing
What does tactile imagery depict?
Touch
What does kinesthetic imagery depict?
Movement
What does organic imagery depict?
Feelings/Internal sensations
What is an expression used to make a greater effect on your reader or listener?
Figure of speech
What is “an expression or word that is used with a metaphorical rather than a literal meaning” according to the Collins Dictionary?
Figure of speech
What compares two things that are different from each other but have similar qualities?
Simile
What is used to imply a comparison between two things that have something in common but are in general different from each other?
Metaphor
What attributes human nature or human qualities to abstract or inanimate objects?
Personification
What is a figure of speech that consists of exaggeration?
Hyperbole
What is a sentence that consists of a series of words that have the same consonant sound at the beginning?
Alliteration
What is a figure of speech that is used to express a sound?
Onomatopoeia
What is a figure of speech that its usage of words conveys the opposite of their literal meaning?
Onomatopoeia
What figure of speech is “he is as brave as a lion”
Simile
What figure of speech is “his heart is stone”
Metaphor
What figure of speech is “her plants silently begged to be watered”
Personification
What figure of speech is “I told you a million times not to touch my stuff!”
Hyperbole
What figure of speech is “Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers?”
Alliteration
What figure of speech is “the bees are buzzing”
Onomatopoeia
What figure of speech is “your hands are as clean as mud”
Irony
